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LinkedIn

Over 500Mn LinkedIn users fall victim to massive data scrapping, hacker puts data on sale

While the security offered by social networking sites has always been questionable,…
Microsoft

Microsoft introduces a new security processor ‘Pluton’ to prevent cyberattacks on Windows PCs

Microsoft has been trying everything possible to protect Windows-powered PCs from the…
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vpnMentor discovers an unsecured database with private data of 100,000s Facebook users

A research team at vpnMentor has recently discovered a potential scam that…
ransomware, tech, bugs, bug, online terrorism, hackers, hacked

Data of almost 20 million BigBasket users allegedly leaked, put for sale on dark web

One of the largest grocery e-commerce platforms in India, BigBasket, has reportedly…

Fragomen, a law firm used by Google for I-9 employment verification, confirms data breach

In a notice to California’s Attorney General, law firm Fragomen, Del Rey,…

One of India’s biggest diagnostic chains, Dr. Lal Pathlabs, exposed millions of patients’ data

With COVID-19 now infecting over 7 million Indians, the country has rapidly…
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Facebook wants Apple to give its users the option to choose Messenger as the default messaging app

Facebook is now joining a growing list of companies who are pushing…
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Twitter informs devs that their private keys and tokens could have potentially been stolen

Following a historic cyberattack that saw hackers salvage cryptocurrency from the platform…
Intel

20 GB worth of Intel’s internal documents related leaked on the web

In what was another blow to the former most valuable chip making…
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Twitter sheds more light on cryptocurrency hack, says ‘phone spear phishing attack’ at the heart of the incident

The Twitter cryptocurrency hack raised questions about the platform’s identity as a…
Twitter

Major hack spreads cryptocurrency scam through high profile twitter accounts of Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and more

Many high profile twitter accounts including that of former US President Barack…
Facebook

Facebook accidentally allowed 5,000 app developers access data of inactive users way past its expiration date

Facebook and privacy just don’t go together, as has been proven by…
ransomware, tech, bugs, bug, online terrorism, hackers, hacked

Government warns of possible mass phishing attacks using ‘Free COVID-19 testing’ as bait

COVID-19 has, by a long margin, been one of the biggest health…
ransomware, tech, bugs, bug, online terrorism, hackers, hacked

Google reports hacking attempts at Trump and Biden’s election campaigns by Chinese and Iranian hackers

American politics has always been like a Netflix drama (No, not ‘House…

Over 7 million personal and financial records of BHIM users, including UPI IDs, leak on the web

On 23rd April 2020 vpnMentor’s research team discovered a massive amount of…

Google warns limited users in India who were targeted by state sponsored cyberattacks

Google’s security experts have notified between 51-100 Indian users that their accounts…

Sensitive information of over 29 million Indian jobseekers leaks online

A regular sweep of the internet by cyber security firm Cyble uncovered…

In a massive data breach, over 8 billion Thai internet user records leaked

Over 8 billion Internet records of Thai users on country’s largest network…

Google beefs up privacy controls and safety on Chrome

In the times that we live and the web that we browse,…